Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of rubber bands from Thailand, and its negative final determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of rubber bands from Thailand. Commerce determined that exporters from Thailand have sold rubber bands at less than fair value in the...

Today, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released the fourth quarter and annual gross domestic product (GDP) numbers. The Bureau found that the real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter and 2.9 percent for all of 2018. “President Donald Trump has unleashed American growth at a pace the experts thought was not possible...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether fabricated structural steel from Canada, China, and Mexico is being sold in the United States at less than fair value and to find if producers in Canada, China, and Mexico are receiving unfair subsidies. These antidumping duty and...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of steel racks from China, determining that exporters have been dumping steel racks in the United States at a margins ranging from 18.08 to 144.50 percent. As a result of today’s decision, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of cast iron soil pipe from China, finding that exporters have sold cast iron soil pipe at less than fair value in the United States at a rate of 235.93 percent. Commerce also determined that exporters from China...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of large diameter welded pipe from Canada (AD only), Greece (AD only), Korea (AD and CVD), and Turkey (AD and CVD), determining that exporters from Canada, Greece, Korea, and Turkey have sold large diameter welded pipe at less...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of steel wheels 12 to 16.5 inches in diameter from China, finding that exporters received countervailable subsidies ranging from 58.30 to 293.27 percent. As a result of today’s decision, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to...

Today, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross formally submitted to President Donald J. Trump the results of the Department of Commerce’s investigation into the effect of imports of automobiles and automobile parts on the national security of the United States.